A really overdue post that talks mostly about driving and how lame I am when it comes to wanting to drive. Oh, and my hair.

Hola!

   Sorry it's taken me so long to blog! Eesh! I feel bad about neglecting anybody who still comes here.... not that there are many of you, I'm sure. If any at all. And now I just feel worse.  LOL!

   I cut my hair last week. I liked it. I thought that if I cut it more, I'd like it more. (There's some real mature, grown-up-sounding logic, eh? ☺) Turns out, I was wrong. My hair is weird, and one side curls under while the other curls out, looking like a ski slope or something. Usually, my hair is long enough to compensate. After I was through with it... well, it just curled like there was no tomorrow. So when we went to town today, my dear Mum made appointments at the salon for me, as well as her, Thomas, and Daddy. I've always wanted to try short hair, just once. And so I thought that if I was getting it cut, I'd get it all chopped off, just for the fun of it.

   It actually looks pretty good. Of course, that pesky curl will require flat-ironing every time my hair gets wet, but there's really no other up-keep to my hair now, so it's won't be a problem.

   I'm so ready to wear shorts again! Or at least capris. I don't want it to be hot outside... just not cold. Please?

   My family, (From both sides!), will be visiting soon. Yay! Grammy, Pappy, Aunt Nina, and Uncle Todd will be here in about a month. They'll be here for my birthday, (SIXTEENTH!). Then, Granny, Aunt Penny, and Sushi will be here!

   Sixteen sounds kind of.... weird. I'm not sure why. I don't feel almost-16. I really don't feel any age in particular. And it isn't like I'll be rushing off to get my liscense immediatley. I am a wimp, and I only like driving small cars. I prefer feeling like I have some semblance of control over a vehicle. Since we don't have anything small, I haven't driven much. It's lame, I know. I can't help it. So, I'd like to re-take the permit test, and get that again. I don't think I'll have to have it for year, since I'll be sixteen. And then, I'll be brave and drive the Suburban, and be able to get my liscense.

   I like the fact that driving can get me places, and it's kind of cool..... but I don't really enjoy it a huge amount. I'm not bad at it, (After all, I've only kind-of crashed once! ☺), but I wouldn't jump up and say, "Yes! I want to drive! Pick me!", or anything like that. I hope the man I marry likes driving, because he can do all of it, and I will be perfectly content.  ☺

   And now, as a grand finale, the thing you've all been waiting for:

   A quiz! Yay!  :-D

You Should Spend Your Summer in Europe

You're in to almost all forms of culture - art, music, architecture, food... And spending a summer at the beach sounds pretty darn boring to you. So head off to Europe, where you can have your tiramisu (and even eat it on the beach!)

Where Should You Spend Your Summer?

   YAY! Although a beach does sound really, really nice.... but I would ditch it to go to Europe.  ☺

You Are an Afternoon Person

You can find energy any time of the day ... or night! You prefer to be out and about when most other people are. Very early mornings or very late nights aren't really your thing. You're practically solar powered, and the afternoon is when do best.

Are You a Morning Person or Night Person?

   That sounds about right. I'm not into early mornings... and my brain doesn't let me stay up super late without a huge fight that I almost always lose. Just ask Laura!

   There. Two quizzes instead of just one.  ☺

Hugs & Kisses,  (I'm in a slightly mushy mood.  LOL),
Rebecca

"... Oh what can it mean, to a daydream believer and a homecoming queen..."

Hello!

    I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas! Ours was awesome. Lots of fun, and good times. We got a Wii! Yay!  :D  It was fun to see Grammy, Pappy, and Aunt Nina unwrap the scarves I had made for them. I love giving presents.

    It's been so nice having some of our family here. Aunt Nina is leaving today, and her visit has been lots of fun. We went driving around where the Amish live on Saturday, and we got fried pies. Yummmm. I'll miss having her here, but hopefully she can come visit again before too terribly long.

   Granny and Grandpa surprised us by arriving yesterday! We didn't know they were coming up. It's nice to see them again. Granny brought up two huge suitcases full of lots of clothes and some shoes for me from Aunt Penny. I was so happy! My whole room looks like a closet right now, but that's okay. They also brought us some mullet, (which is a type of fish). We haven't had mullet in a few years, so that was a treat. I wanted a piece of key lime pie with it, but we have an overabundance of chocolate right now, so more suar is the last thing I need! I'd prefer to still fit in my jeans by the time the candy is gone, thank you very much. Then again, I can burn it all off on the Wii Fit...  LOL

   I re-did my blog, as you can see. All new music, too. Sorry to anyone who doesn't like country music. But I do like it. *grin* You can always turn it off..... or you can leave it on and maybe you'll find a new song to love? Who knows.  :)

   I'm not sure what we're doing for New Year's Eve. I might be spending the night at a friend's house, if Daddy says it's okay. It'd be nice to go over again; ee haven't seen each other for more than a few minutes since the day after Thanksgiving.

   Oh yeah, and my title is thanks to my love for "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees. I danced to that song in one of my recitals... such fun.  :)

   It's about time to leave, so I need to leave. Ciao!

Hugs,
Rebecca  

I can't think of a nice catchy title... as usual

Hello!

   Yesterday we went shopping. Mama had some Christmas gifts to buy, and we all got to go along... we just had to disappear for awhile while she bought them.  :-) 

   Today, we're baking cookies for the cookie swap, which is tomorrow! YAY! Anna's coming, so I'll get to see her for awhile. And there will be lots of cookies, which is always a pleasant thing.  :-)  Mama's also baking a cake for my piano teacher, so we'll probably be in the kitchen all day.

   It's been gray and windy outside for a few days. Yesterday, it was really foggy as well. I love days like that.

   I can't believe Christmas is only 6 days away!

   I need to go; I have to give the Penny and her puppies a bath, and then I need to start baking cookies!

Hugs,
Rebecca

  

Ramblings about how I have cold hands and other stuff

Hello!

   My hands are really cold right now. Of course, my hands are always cold, (Daddy asks me alot if I've stuck them in a freezer!  ), but I usually don't feel it so very much. Besides, I'd look like a dork if I wore gloves all the time, and you can't open doors or work on anything slippery or delicate while wearing gloves. Oh well. I love winter anyway!

   I cleaned my room and put up Christmas lights along the perimeter of the celing this afternoon. It looks like there are black vines crawling on my walls, but once it's dark, they should look neat.

   We're breaking from school after tomorrow. We have Christmas crafts and planning to do, and since we're homeschoolers, I can work on school in July if I need to. Not that I want to still be doing school in July!

   This post was going to be much longer, but Mama told me to be done with the computer. Ta-ta!

Hugs,
Rebecca

Oh, it's the most wonderful time of the year....

Hello!

   I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was really nice. I love holidays.  ☺

   Mama took Nanny, Mary, and I Black Friday shopping with her! I'd never been before, but I had a lot of fun. I want to go again next year. ☺ We picked up my friend Laura and her mom on our way to town. Even though it required getting up very, very early, it was nice!

   Laura came home with us for a few hours, then Daddy took us both over to her house, and  I spent the night. That was lots of fun, as usual!

   I got a "Frost & Glow" kit at Walgreens, and Mama put the dye in my hair on Friday afternoon. It turned out nicely. Not a extremely noticeable difference, like, "Oh my, your hair looks awful!", or anything like that; just a few different shades of reddish- and blondish-brown running through my hair. So now my hair doesn't resemble its usual dirt-like self.  ☺  Now if I can go get some bangs, my hair transformation will be complete..... hint, hint, Mummy......  LOL

   Our cows got out this morning. So Daddy, Thomas, and I put them back where they belonged. My job generally isn't hard; I just have to stand somewhere to keep them from going the wrong way. It only gets interesting when the cow wants to go that way, despite your standing there. Then you have to kind of bounce around, and make them go the other way.


   Our house is about halfway decorated now. There's a few more boxes to dig out of the attic, and Thomas gets the job of putting lights up on the house. We bought 5 red pointsettias at Home Depot, and one is for my room, so that it won't look bare and gloomy.

   I'm going to change my blog; now I can make it look festive!!  ☺

Hugs,
Rebecca

"Like a thief in the night, like a runaway train"

Hello!

   Today we had our Keepers/Contenders of the Faith meeting. The boys made wood models, but I was more excited about the girls' projects: homemade peanut butter cups, rock candy, and chocolate covered pretzels! I made the last two before, but I'd never tried making peanut butter cups. They turned out soooo yummy. I ate two, and they didn't help my sweet tooth one little bit! If I could, I'd probably eat three more. Thankfully, there's only one left of the five I made, and I'm saving it for Daddy. I'll force myself to be good.  ☺

   I ordered two shirts from Abort73.com on Tuesday, and they arrived today! One says "Love Lets Live", but my favorie says this: "Would It Bother Us More If They Used Guns?" On the main site, the guns one was sold out, but I found it in the clearance section. I'll happily wear them! I hope that it makes people go look at the website, ("Abort73.com" is printed underneath each slogan.) The website is great. There's an article rebutting every "reason" for abortion. Since abortion is a subject that I care deeply about, I want to spread the word.

   We found out that Granny, Aunt Penny, and Sushi won't be coming up until Easter. But that way, they won't freeze, since they're Florida people and all....... mainly Granny freezes.....  LOL  (Love ya, Granny!)

   But Grammy, Pappy, and Aunt Nina are definitely coming! YAY!!   ☺

   My current favorite band is Third Day. Their lyrics are awesome, and Mama and I both love the lead singer's voice.  ☺  They were in concert a few months ago, with Switchfoot and Jars of Clay, but I never looked at the dates or ticket prices, and so we didn't go. Also, Shadowfeet, by Brooke Fraser is really good. It's on my playlist.  ☺

   I need to go now.

Hugs,
Rebecca

La di da

Hello!

   Today was so much fun! My friend Anna came over yesterday evening and spent the night, and then she and I went over to our other friends' house this morning. I ended up spending all day with Anna, Cami, Becky, Charlotte, and Nanny, which was great.  ☺  Cami made a skirt from a pair of jeans and had everyone sign it. She made one for Nanny awhile ago, and she said she'd make me one too. Yay!  ☺  It ends up looking really cool, covered with signatures and drawings.

   Do y'all like my new template? I wanted something holiday-themed, but not necessarily Thanksgiving or Christmas. Just a theme to celebrate that the holidays are coming.

   I'm playing with the Hair Makeover Tool. I'm growing my hair longer, but in the meantime, I want some layers or something. I can't decide. I think my problem is that I really want it longer again, but I don't want to wait for it to grow five or six more inches. My hair grows fast, but.... still... that's awhile to wait. So I want to get it cut differently, but I don't know how.

   My goodness, I sound so shallow! All I can talk about is visiting with friends and my hair. I promise, I did do something productive since I posted last! Not that spending time with friends isn't productive, but... I don't want my life to ever be just fun and games all the time, shallow and fickle, because there's way more to life than that. Plus, people who never work or do anything hard drive me crazy. They just annoy me. ☺  It's like, "Go do something! Help someone, think about something other than having a good time!"

   Anyhoo, I'll write more later.

Hugs,
Rebecca